A Meditation

A limited muffled rupture
And peace slips through my fingers

I notice my breathing

In and out.
 

Brown trees bloody with sticky sap

Thrust sharp into the side of the sky

The ground spins and heaves

And the wind screams.
 

Lightening flashes behind my eyes:

The searing pain of knowing

As the storms rage

At the edges of my vision.
 

The dead leaves fall away

From the dry trees

And settle on the floor

Of the dead brown earth.
 

Death waits at the door

And I try to stretch in this coffin

But the muscles are weak

And they do not respond.
 

I notice my breathing

In and out

Sweeter than heaven

And hotter than hell.
 

In and out

Each breath a footstep

On the path

Away from pain.
 

In and out

My chest follows the rhythm

Written on the universe

And in my heart.
 

I curl up on the couch

In the hands of God

And sigh in the silence

As the peace flows into my heart.
 

Luminescent warm rain falls

And cleanses my parched soul

And sweeps away the dust

From the creaky, sun-starved attic.
 

My limbs tense and release,

Sweet release,

And melt with the warmth

Of comfort.

 

In flows sweet love

Filling my weary soul

And flowing out of this body,

Wrapped in sacred silence.

 

A whisper settles on me

In the quiet:

You are very good,

My beloved son.